Bullock and his girlfriend got into an argument because of her shorts. Police say when the argument escalated, Bullock raised a gun in front of the woman, left the home, and fired at least five shots into the air.
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This was sent to me by a buddy out in Colorado. It seems Grand Junction is running on fumes for news.

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Road crew paints over dead cat
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Each year, as a service to Mesa County, crews go out and re-stripe the roads.

In that process they painted right over a dead cat.

The county says the cat has been removed and that section of road has been repainted by hand.

While officials say this is a very unique incident, they did tell us the county will be taking a closer at how situations like this are handled in the future.

“We’ll take this opportunity to review our policies on this and revise them if necessary,” Ryan Cook, Mesa County Spokesperson, said. “We want to make sure that we are protecting Mesa County employees while we also continue to offer a great service to Mesa County taxpayers. “

Mesa County says the painting crew didn't see the cat, but this incident also brings up an issue of safety.

Roads like H Road, where the cat was found, are painted with a two vehicle crew traveling at about eight miles per hour.

If they had seen the cat, gotten out and removed it, the county says crews could have been put at risk.

Still officials have been striking an apologetic tone and say this whole situation is awful.

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Posted 17 June 2013 - 04:19 PM

A little local news: the Juneteenth festival, which is a festival to commemorate the freedom of the African-American's from slavery, was shut down due to some dumb ass pulling out a gun and shooting a 10 year old kid. There were also tons of fights. *sigh* Wannabe thugs tryna thug. Some of the witnesses/comentators were furious, talking about reinforcing negative stereotypes and baggy-pants-thug-wannabes ruining it for everybody. I facepalmed the whole news segment.

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Every summer, pregnant women are forced to battle the heat. Here are a few tips on staying cool and healthy – and looking good doing it!

1. Rock your bikini or whatever style swimsuit you decide is appropriate for you and your body. Your belly is gorgeous, and you should embrace the changes your body is going through. Don't hide it – flaunt it!

FYI - we midwestern folk are a trusting and accommodating people. We let inmates drive other inmates around town.. well until an inmate unfortunately kills someone with the State's van.

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The state on Friday suspended a program that allowed prison inmates to drive other work-release inmates to and from jobs when city buses are not operating.

The move comes after an inmate driver, Jeremy Dobbe, was involved in fatal crash in Lincoln Tuesday night, and amid growing criticism of the program.
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Dobbe, 35, is serving time in prison for dealing methamphetamine. But his prior convictions include drunken driving in 1998 and 2003, as well as reckless driving in 2001, willful reckless driving in 2003, driving under suspension in 2004 and careless driving in 2010.

On Thursday, state corrections officials released its policies for allowing inmates to drive in a program that's been used since 1985

State policies say “special attention” will be given to a prison inmate's past driving record and chemical abuse history before allowing that inmate to work as a prison driver.
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Posted 04 September 2013 - 06:23 AM

I dunno, I got respect for anyone who can say "that was stupid of me, I fucked up." and accept whatever punishment is handed them. That it was an idiot sign and public apology is very generous of the people he threatened, and it's nice that he's not being completely screwed for his mistake.

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Posted 04 September 2013 - 06:39 AM

Oh, Ohio. Speaking of which, Ariel Castro hanged himself in his cell. When I was leaving my lab last night (about 9ish) I heard a bunch of sirens and shit. I guess they rushed him to the Wexner Med Center (where I think I have to work friday actually) on OSU's campus, and he died at about 10:20.